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Scientifically based literacy program for children with moderate to severe developmental impairments, including autism

“powerful… motivating… validated… a proven success!”

What is ELSB?

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ELSB is a research-based and language-rich literacy curriculum for children ages 5 to 10 with moderate to severe developmental disabilities. It incorporates systematic instruction to teach both print and phonemic awareness. ELSB is a multi-year program with seven distinct levels and ongoing assessments so students progress at their own pace.

Each level includes a scripted Teacher’s Manual and full-colour Student Materials and Student Assessments.

Moe the frog puppet and his corresponding stories make ELSB student friendly. The step-by-step instructor’s guide, staff training DVD, and CD with printable PDFs of teaching materials make ELSB teacher friendly too.

Research demonstrates that ELSB is highly effective in teaching pre-reading skills. ELSB students perform significantly better than those using the Edmark Reading Program.

Key Features

• Fun, age-appropriate activities – Appropriate for ages 5-10. Motivates students to participate in reading activities, just like their friends without disabilities.
  
• Based on scientific research – Demonstrated effectiveness with intended student population.
  
• Phonics plus sight word instruction
  
• Scripted lessons – Helps both experienced and inexperienced teachers. Makes it easier for para-professionals and classroom volunteers to use ELSB.
  
• Complete multi-year curricula with 7 levels and everything you need – A great long term investment.
  
• On-going data collection – Allows students to progress at their own pace. Great for writing measurable IEPs.
  
• Accommodates students with moderate or severe impairments, who communicate non-verbally or have autism – Gives all children an opportunity to learn literacy skills.
  
• Aligned to general education standards – Encourages inclusive activities and provides access to general curriculum.
  
• Ideal for one-on-one or small group instruction – Group size can be tailored to best fit the classroom.
  
• DVD training – A quick and effective method to learn how and why ELSB works. Helps new staff learn how to implement the program.

Who benefits from ELSB?

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The goal of ELSB is to develop the skills and behaviours children need to succeed in a standard reading program. ELSB is a multi-year program for children ages 5 to 10 with:

• Autism
  
• Moderate and/or severe cognitive impairments
  
• Multiple disabilities
  
• Mild disabilities who are English learners

How does ELSB work?

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ELSB has seven distinct levels, each with five structured lessons.

All students begin at Level One. If a student struggles with Level One, administer Level A.

Set up small groups or teach ELSB one-on-one. Teach the lessons daily in two 30-minute sessions. Modify the teaching to accommodate alternative response modes such as AAC devices or communication display boards. Reinforce skills by integrating Building with Stories activities.

Students are assessed at the completion of each level. When mastery is demonstrated, move to the next level. Students can be promoted to the school’s standard reading program when they successfully complete Level Seven.

To see how ELSB works, view/download:

• Summary of the Scope & Sequence of Level 3 (pdf)
  
• ELSB Sample Pages from the Teacher’s Manual, Student Materials, All About Moe, and Student Assessments from Level 1 and 6.

What’s included in the ELSB package?

See a colour chart of all components you get when you buy the Early Literacy Skills Builder Program package

• Implementation Guide
  
• 6 Teacher’s Manuals
  
• 6 Student Material Books
  
• 6 Student Assessment Books
  
• Moe the Frog puppet
  
• All About Moe and Oh My! Apple Pie story book
  
• Communication Overlays
  
• Getting Started DVD for staff training – A comprehensive DVD covering the essentials of ELSB is provided with each curriculum purchase. The DVD covers research foundations, getting started, objective sequence and includes student/ teacher interactions and teacher interviews.
  
• CDs with printable PDFs and other reproducible resources
  
  Reproducible Resources
  PDF files are included for all reproducible pages. Purchasing the ELSB program gives you license for print from PDFs or photocopy materials. The PDF files on Disk 1 include Assessment Forms, flashcards, communication cues, All About Moe templates and Building with Stories Lesson Plans. Disk 2 contains PDF files of All About Moe and Oh My! Apple Pie stories, plus JPG files of illustrations from these stories.

  Reproducible
  There’s no need to worry about damaged pages or the right to create extra pages. Simply print out any reproducible page as a replacement or as extra copy. All Assessment Forms are included so there’s no need to purchase scoring booklets.

  Customisable
  Original ELSB art is provided in JPEG format for creating teacher-made materials to supplement and adapt the ELSB curriculum. Import the art into Boardmaker, Microsoft Word or PowerPoint, and create bulletin board decorations, add them to letters for families, make mini “Moe” books, colouring pages, or scrapbooks about Moe.

  
  
• 15 Sight Word Flashcards
  
• Magnetic Board with Stars magnets
  
• Sticky flags
  
• 2 Storage Boxes

Prices

	Code	Media	Platform	$AUD Price	$AUD GST
	Early Literacy Skills Builder
	ACEL-S10	CD-ROM, Book, Resource, DVD-Video		$799.00	$79.90